The dispensation is a move usually reserved for extenuating circumstances, like the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Massachusetts is preparing for a massive outreach effort to help hundreds of thousands of residents who qualify for Medicaid ...

San Bernardino Diocese, the sixth largest in the US, grants Catholics dispensation from mass obligation amid concerns over ...

The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento announced it is standing in solidarity with the San Bernardino diocese, whose bishop said ...

The Court’s conservative majority has, once again, shrugged off the administration’s authoritarian motives in bypassing ...

Speaking from a detention facility in California, an Iranian immigrant says she believes "the good people will be released".

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers ...

A week after shocking mass shooting outside River North lounge, links to city’s worst gang feud have surfaced again.

The "big, beautiful bill" signed into law​ by President Trump last week will allow him to dramatically expand his immigration ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of ...

ICE isn’t targeting violent criminals and perhaps not even noncitizens. As the hard-line crackdown accelerates, there could ...

All members of the faithful who, due to genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions, are unable to attend Sunday Mass or ...